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Scottish group suggests single Lothian trust
A Scottish working group has raised the possibility of there being just one acute trust in Lothian, against the grain of government thinking.
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Bristol heart surgeon received pounds150,000 in 'distinction awards'
Bristol heart surgeon James Wisheart has received almost pounds150,000 in 'distinction awards' since concerns were raised about his performance in complex operations on small babies, it has emerged.
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CHCs ask Dobson to act over legal ser vices tender
Health secretary Frank Dobson has been urged to intervene to stop high street lawyers taking over the legal service of the Association of Community Health Councils of England and Wales.
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It's quicker by tube
It's quicker by tube: a pounds500,000 pharmacy unit at Bradford Royal Infirmary brings together the dispensary and the medicine preparation unit for the first time, and has a hi-tech air-tube delivery system which will speed up the transfer of prescriptions and drugs between the pharmacy and hospital wards. 'It signals ...
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GP sues HA boss who 'lured away patients'
A GP is suing a health authority chief executive in an attempt to prove he tried to lure patients away from his practice.
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Director of DoH resources and services post goes to Straw's wife
Alice Perkins, a career civil servant and wife of home secretary Jack Straw, has been appointed to one of the top jobs at the Department of Health.
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In sickness, not in health
Which NHS staff group smokes the most, and which drinks the least? And why are sickness absence rates so high? Mark Crail reports on a Health Education Authority survey
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Community spirit
One of the UK's smallest community trusts and its local GPs have set in motion a proposal to merge and create the UK's first primary care trust. Patrick Butler reports
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Share and share alike
Health workers in Glasgow are setting out to win a bigger share of NHS resources from richer areas. Barbara Millar investigates
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Head start
Pharmacists in one city are being allowed to prescribe head lice treatments. Pat Healy asks whether the idea will catch on
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Consuming passions
A Department of Health initiative could start a consumer revolution in healthcare research, claim its supporters. Annabelle May reports
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Aims and values
The aim of the standing advisory group is to ensure that consumer involvement in the NHS R&D programme improves the way research is prioritised, commissioned and disseminated.
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Pilots need a soft landing
'There is now an enthusiasm in the NHS for joint work with other agencies where at times in the past there was little more than trepidation and distrust'
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Keep your eye on the ball
So not only does England only ever win the World Cup under a Labour government, but the weather is better, too. Even under the present regime no spin doctor has yet had the brass neck to claim cause and effect. But it does seem that health secretary Frank Dobson and ...
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EMPLOYERS MUST PLAY A ROLE IN TRAINING
I read with interest Professor David Cox's letter (6 November). As vice-chair of the West Yorkshire education and training consortium, I am proud that it works extremely well in education commissioning and collaborative working.
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FIGURES FOR THE 'VICTIMS OF COMMUNITY CARE', AND HOW TO REDUCE THEM
There is little with which we would disagree in John Mahoney's analysis of community care services for severely mentally ill people (Letters, 18 December), the principal focus of the Zito Trust's campaign being precisely those areas and issues he describes.
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THOUGHTS ON THE REAL ANTI-SMOKING AGENDA
So public health minister Tessa Jowell wants to criminalise those smokers aged 16 and 17, who can presently be legally sold tobacco products (News Focus, page 10, 4 December).
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COMMON WAITING LISTS COULD MEAN MORE MONEY
Moves to establish common waiting lists could have positive financial implications for the NHS.
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WHY DIET IS A CRUCIAL BUT NEGLECTED PART IN NURSING PATIENTS BACK TO GOOD HEALTH
The views expressed by Patrick Duffy of NHS Supplies (Letters, 4 December) are endorsed and, indeed, voiced repeatedly by the state-registered dietitian. The evidence for the positive contribution of nutrition to clinical outcomes is well documented; however, patients still go hungry in hospital.